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this video was so helpful! i have the same exact pump but the newer version and i wasn't really getting any milk the way i should have. but after watching it im already starting to fill bottles!!
i also recommend using the lanolin! it helps alottttt!!

To quote The Princess Bride, "I don't think that word means what you think it means." Breast pumps have flanges. Phalanges are fingers and toes, and I'm pretty sure my breast pump doesn't have any of those. ;)

I'm pumping and breast feeding with a nipple shield and my 7 weeks old son never seems satisfied! He eats both during each feeding. I'm talking like 5-7 oz!! Every 3 hours and sometimes sooner. Is this normal?!? My daughter was formula fed and she only ate 2-3 oz for almost 6 months!! I'm so frustrated because all he does is eat and cry and them get mad when I feed him again because I don't have anything for him!

I got a syringe-type thing from my pediatrician that had a tube instead of a needle on the end. I had to fill the tube with milk ahead of time, and have someone help when I fed. The end of the tube goes next to the nipple, and once your son is near the breast, the person helping you would slowly press the plunger so he can taste the milk and latch on like he would his bottle. It worked like a charm for me!

Unfortunately my baby has had a hard time latching on to the point of frustration for both. He was kept in the nicu for observation when he had stopped breathing . I've been pumping my milk out and bottle feeding him. But now I'm ready to reintroduce him the breast again he is a week old. We shall see how he transitions. I'm hopeful. Has anyone else done this ? What was your outcome.

Don't give up, the first week is the worse. Use every bit of that nipple cream, and use those hydropads (or anything frozen) until you've gotten used to it. The pain WILL go away. Eventually you'll forget they are even latched. Oh, and get breast pads!! You'll have to change your shirt each time they cry.

I am 27 weeks pregnant with my 4th and last child and planning to breast feed for the first time..any good tips on how to do or when to stop pumping and saving my milk? I am totally clueless about it...

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